*RANT* bad Android memory management

Guys I have problem with Android smartphones. I am not the youngest anymore and remember the first PCs and first smartphones with 32x less memory then an average handheld device has today. I played with them all and know what they could do. The thing that still continues to surprise me till today on Android is WHY the heck can't an app stay in memory without being quit on the first occasion?? I really think that Android will never be usable for any serious work if things keep closing or reloading just after a few switches between apps!
Some examples: why can't I switch between Chrome browser and Onenote to type something without having that webpage be reloaded again using more data and sucking more battery power? I learned not to risk writing any bigger post into some forum lately because if I would have to switch to another tab to check some info or switch to another app the in progress text would most likely be lost because webpage would reload! Why is it so risky to switch out of some game to write a message or check calendar because it is very likely to be killed and my progress lost? The phones I used recently (Xiaomi Mi2s, Xperia Z3 compact, Xperia Z5 compact) have frikin 2GB of memory, so I wonder if nowadays apps are so much more memory demanding then before that this is simply still not sufficient. I just checked settings and some apps I just tested use few tens of MB, so it is still comparable to the times of Windows 98 or Windows mobile IMHO.
My first smartphone was windows mobile Samsung Omnia II with just around 90MB of usable memory and let me tell you that this problem was not happening on it! I could have several tabs with webpages (even non mobile versions) open and could safely switch on the camera, take pictures, write an sms and go back without having to worry that anything will be closed or reloaded! Why can't I open a camera app on Android and take a photo without having the previously open app be closed?
I can even compare today's android phones to one of my oldest pcs back in year 2000 or so. Imagine that it had just 64MB of RAM. I could have open many webpages in Internet Explorer (yeah it was far the best at that time , a few editors for web and text editing and I could even play some game and alt+tab back and forth without any problem! That was Windows 98 guys. Of course you will tell me that today's web pages for example are much bigger then in 2000. OK but what about mobile versions huh? I don't think they are that big so a phone with 2GB of RAM would choke.
I always thought that apps are supposed to be paused/frozen when I switch out of them but left in memory. Unfortunately it seems apps are being killed surprisingly often even when settings / memory shows hundreds of RAM free. The thing that is even more weird to me is that apps I had open just a few seconds ago are being closed upon switching to some other one and back, but the ones which I had active hours ago often stay in memory! That does not make much sense. Why doesn't android kill the longest not active apps first instead? OK, so do I have to buy OnePlus 3 or Meizu Pro 6 with 6GB of RAM to be able to keep simple 3 apps open without worrying that they will reload when switching out of them? As I showed this does not happen on much older devices with similar specs, so is this some fundamental flaw/feature of Android architecture or am I missing some simple explanation?
If you have experience with Windows Phones or iOS regarding this please share and compare.

*RANT* bad Android memory management

Guys I have problem with Android smartphones. I am not the youngest anymore and remember the first PCs and first smartphones with 32x less memory then an average handheld device has today. I played with them all and know what they could do. The thing that still continues to surprise me till today on Android is WHY the heck can't an app stay in memory without being quit on the first occasion?? I really think that Android will never be usable for any serious work if things keep closing or reloading just after a few switches between apps!
Some examples: why can't I switch between Chrome browser and Onenote to type something without having that webpage be reloaded again using more data and sucking more battery power? I learned not to risk writing any bigger post into some forum lately because if I would have to switch to another tab to check some info or switch to another app the in progress text would most likely be lost because webpage would reload! Why is it so risky to switch out of some game to write a message or check calendar because it is very likely to be killed and my progress lost? The phones I used recently (Xiaomi Mi2s, Xperia Z3 compact, Xperia Z5 compact) have frikin 2GB of memory, so I wonder if nowadays apps are so much more memory demanding then before that this is simply still not sufficient. I just checked settings and some apps I just tested use few tens of MB, so it is still comparable to the times of Windows 98 or Windows mobile IMHO.
My first smartphone was windows mobile Samsung Omnia II with just around 90MB of usable memory and let me tell you that this problem was not happening on it! I could have several tabs with webpages (even non mobile versions) open and could safely switch on the camera, take pictures, write an sms and go back without having to worry that anything will be closed or reloaded! Why can't I open a camera app on Android and take a photo without having the previously open app be closed?
I can even compare today's android phones to one of my oldest pcs back in year 2000 or so. Imagine that it had just 64MB of RAM. I could have open many webpages in Internet Explorer (yeah it was far the best at that time ;), a few editors for web and text editing and I could even play some game and alt+tab back and forth without any problem! That was Windows 98 guys. Of course you will tell me that today's web pages for example are much bigger then in 2000. OK but what about mobile versions huh? I don't think they are that big so a phone with 2GB of RAM would choke.
I always thought that apps are supposed to be paused/frozen when I switch out of them but left in memory. Unfortunately it seems apps are being killed surprisingly often even when settings / memory shows hundreds of RAM free. The thing that is even more weird to me is that apps I had open just a few seconds ago are being closed upon switching to some other one and back, but the ones which I had active hours ago often stay in memory! That does not make much sense. Why doesn't android kill the longest not active apps first instead? OK, so do I have to buy OnePlus 3 or Meizu Pro 6 with 6GB of RAM to be able to keep simple 3 apps open without worrying that they will reload when switching out of them? ;) As I showed this does not happen on much older devices with similar specs, so is this some fundamental flaw/feature of Android architecture or am I missing some simple explanation?
If you have experience with Windows Phones or iOS regarding this please share and compare.

Rant - Two Note 4's Two failed eMMC

I now have two paperweights in the form of Note 4's. My second Note 4, which I bought used on Swappa, died the same way as my original one, failed eMMC! I'm now using my trusty Note 2 but it's obvious not quite the same as the Note 4. Since I have six months left on my contract with Sprint, am I crazy to get a third Note 4 to tide me over until I can get a Note 7?

My Android Rant

Before I begin allow me to give some background info on myself. I was one of those preteens in the late 2000s who was in on the iPod trend. I started out with one of the old generation nanos and later upgraded to a touch. Once my parents gave me the privilege of having a phone I chose to get an iPhone because I was already familiar with the iOS software and I would not have trouble figuring it out and that was exactly my experience. I started with a iPhone 3g then a 4 then finally a 5s which I still have now. Later on in life I became an avid PC builder. I had probably spent entire days of my life learning about computer components before I made the switch to android. I had to get my own cell service because my parents would not let me use theirs anymore so I had to make a switch. I needed unlimited data for my mobile hotspot so my search began. I went to bestbuy where cell phone service reps from different companies all had a conversation with me at once. Sprint was one of the few companies that offered unlimited data for normal cell phone use but did not offer that for a mobile hotspot. The rep suggested I use a rooted or jail broken phone with the proper modifications to get unlimited hotspot data. Sprint is a CDMA carrier which means my AT&T iPhone would not work which means I needed to get a new phone. A lot of people, especially in the computer nerd circles seemed to like androids and I understood why. Androids oftentimes have micro SD slots (up to 128GB for around ) around 3-4GB of RAM, very nice cameras, and around 3000mAh batteries which also often times support qual comm quick charge usually for around the price of 0. So I decided to buy a LG G4 and use it but I was unable to root it. Around this time Cricket Wireless announced their unlimited data plan that did not throttle down wireless speeds. I bought a Moto X Pure Edition and A Cricket SIM card on amazon. I rooted it, bought the cricket service plan and got my mobile hotspot with unlimited data at no extra charge. Thanks for the help everybody. I used Sprints 30 satisfaction guarantee to get a refund from them and I was on my way.

I've been using it for a couple of months now and I think I'm going to go back to my iPhone

Why?:

1. The battery life is HORRIBLE on both the Moto X and LG G4. Normally this would never be a concern on my iPhone. Already familiar with software modifications of androids I decided to install a custom ROM and kernel (TruPureXMM 2.9 with Franken Kernel) which are supposed to help increase battery life by removing a lot of the unnecessary things that came preinstalled with the phone among other things but didn't seem to do much. I would always plug my iPhone into my car whenever I drive somewhere and would rarely ever be concerned about its battery life. When I plug in my android into my car, sometimes it will still be losing battery life. When I woke up this morning my android was dead as it usually is when it gets left unplugged overnight. When I plugged it into my computer it took about 20min to even be ready to boot. When it did boot is said it would be 12 HOURS before it would be fully charged. According to my Moto X I use on average 2.5 GB of RAM. It also has a Dual-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A57 & quad-core 1.44 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU. My iPhone 5s has 1GB of RAM and a Dual-Core 1.3 GHz Cyclone CPU and I never noticed any performance issues in it's stock software configuration.

2. I hate Micro USB cables and Qual Comm quick charge. In the couple of months I've had the Moto X I've already destroyed 2 regular micro USB cables and the Turbo Charger that came with my Moto X. Occasionally I would break the old iPhone/iPod chargers but I have yet to ruin one of the newly designed iPhone/iPod chargers. I've heard that Qual Comm quick charge will reduce the life span of batteries. I shouldn't need to hard wire a power outlet into my car do get a decent amount of charge for my android in my car. Regular USB ports should get the job done right.

3. The screens are way to big for a cell phone. I know there are small androids out there but all the androids that were at the Sprint store were massive. I'm 6' 0" and I still have problems fitting these droids into my hand. I shouldn't have to choose between having a good grip on my phone and being able to touch anywhere on the screen with my thumb. Why do androids usually display at 1440p resolution anyway? I thought they only needed to be a retina display. The screen size and resolution has to be eating away a HUGE amount of electricity.

Dear Google, LG, Motorola, and all the other people in charge of making android phones a reality,

You're competing against the most valuable business on the face of the earth. Start acting like it. I shouldn't need to buy apps and download sketchy software only available to rooted devices to make them last as long as iPhones.

Sincerely,

Kasyton